BY: NADIA ZAIDI Islamic terrorism and Islamic extremist are words that should be eliminated from the vernacular of news and global dialogue. It ruptures any semblance of objectivity, and our ability t…

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI There is a common understanding across many cultures and religions that an altered state of mind can foster a spiritual experience. For some, this sort of religious experience con…

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP 2016 was a year of progress in many different ways: we saw countries step up and make changes to battle climate change; we saw progress in the LGBT community from legalizing gay marr…

Nestled deep in the Argentinean desert, there is a town-sized shrine dedicated to Difunta Correa, a woman believed to have breast-fed her newborn child even after her own death. According to legend, d…

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP The relentless battle between science and religion is one that may never end. But a new study is combining the two to try and answer questions that have been around for millennia. Th…

By: Kassandra Dzikewicz Death and dying can be a touchy subject, we don’t want to face the fact that we won’t live forever, that there will come a time where there is no tomorrow. Even though we all k…

BY: RHIANN MOORE Despite what major movies might tell us, there is no one more peaceful than a witch. In meeting with Catherine, high priestess of the Toronto-based Coven, Tamarack, and Wiccan chaplai…

By: Victoria Heath Leo Tolstoy, the Russian literary once wrote, “Yes, it is possible to sabotage the things that can erase us, but not without joy on our side. The complexity of the present time seem…

BY: JESSICA BEUKER A few days ago, I sat down with an old friend for a cup of coffee. We exchanged the usual “How are you?” and “What have you been up to?” before she asked me about my plans for the c…

BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS I walk into a softly lit room with tall ceilings, the powerful sounds of voices joined together in chorus echo between the walls. Having arrived to the service late, I slink into th…

BY: TREVOR HEWITT In a material based society, so much emphasis is placed on the accumulation of physical wealth. Well, say what you will about the tenants of Capitalism, at least it’s an ethos. But n…

BY: SWIKAR OLI Some 1,500 members resigned from the Church of Latter-Day Saints in protest of a new rule that bans children of same-sex parents from joining the Mormon Church until they are 18. The ru…

BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ She is a sociologist with a PhD at Monash University, but her intellectual level doesn’t stop people from undermining her based on her religious status. Susan Carland converted…